Staff DevOps Engineer (R6668)

The role

This person will extend and maintain build and CI/CD systems, including classified and air-gapped environments, and on-premises build infrastructure. The work also covers speeding up developer workflows and resolving build and test failures.

What you will do

• Extend and mirror build and CI/CD capabilities into classified and air-gapped environments.
• Design, stand up and maintain on-premises build infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking and build clusters.
• Architect multi-classification deployments and controlled transfer of source, artifacts and containers across network boundaries.
• Work with Security, IT and ISSM/ISSO teams so build systems meet accreditation and compliance requirements.
• Improve developer velocity by reducing build and test cycle time and removing pipeline bottlenecks.
• Work with Software Engineers to understand requirements, propose designs and implement solutions.
• Resolve build and test failures quickly and set integration best practices with developers.
• Integrate CI pipelines with HIL and simulation environments for automated validation.
• Implement monitoring, dashboards and alerts for build system performance.
• Use agentic solutions to find root causes of build failures and route feedback to the responsible engineer.

Required qualifications

• BS in CS, CE, EE or a related field with 7+ years of industry experience, or MS/PhD with 5+ years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and administering physical servers and on-prem infrastructure.
• Understanding of and hands-on experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity and automate workflows.
• Strong understanding of dependency management, artifact repositories and package managers.
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud build clusters).
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into CI pipelines.
• Demonstrated success improving developer productivity at scale.
• Demonstrated track record as a primary contributor on projects, working through development cycles in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab).
• Cloud operations experience (Azure, AWS, GCP), including government cloud regions.

Nice to have

• Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines in classified or air-gapped environments.
• Experience with cross-domain solutions and data transfer between networks of different classification levels.
• Familiarity with RMF/ATO processes, STIG hardening and secure software supply chain practices (SBOMs, artifact signing).

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

• Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance is required.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.